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North Assam is an administrative division of Assam under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, who is officially stationed at Tezpur. It consists of the following districts: Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath. Shri Rakesh Kumar, IAS is the current Commissioner of this division.[1]

North Assam Division
Division of Assam
North Assam division
Country	India
State	Assam
Capital	Tezpur
Largest City	Tezpur
Area
• Total	6,613 km2 (2,553 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	3,684,298
• Density	560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)

Districts

North Assam district comprises mainly 4 districts, namely Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath.

Code[2]	District	Headquarter	Population (2011)[3]	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
BS	Biswanath	Biswanath Chariali	612,491	1,100	557
DR	Darrang	Mangaldai	928,500	1,585	586
ST	Sonitpur	Tezpur	1,311,619	2,076	632
UD	Udalguri#	Udalguri	831,688	1,852	449
Total	4	—	36,84,298	6,613	557

^# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

Demographics

As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 36,84,298

Languages

According to 2011 census, the total number of Assamese speakers in the division were 13,39,782, Bengali speakers were 9,23,791, Boro speakers were 3,89,390, Sadri speakers were 3,14,665, Nepali speakers were 1,83,601 and Hindi speakers were 1,25,908.

See also

• Upper Assam Division
• Lower Assam Division
• Barak Valley Division
• Central Assam Division

References

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